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ork by Islamic religious
authorities on a massive
construction project on
Temple Mount have
drawn a sharp protest that rallied
Israelis all across the political spectrum.
Leading Israeli personalities, from
writer Amos Oz on the left to former
Defense Minister Moshe Arens on the
right, were among those signing an ad
published in local papers protesting
the "intolerable archaeological crime"
perpetrated by Muslim officials on the
Jerusalem hill where the First and
Second Temples stood.
The ad, which was also signed by 75
legislators from across the political spec-
trum, attacked massive construction
work conducted by the Wakf, or Islamic
religious authority, aimed at expanding
their places of worship on the Mount.
In recent months, thousands of
tons of gravel were removed from the
construction site, including a consid-
erable number of archaeological arti-
facts, the ad charged. It also said the
work was being conducted with no
supervision from archaeologists.
"I signed the petition as an archae-
ologist, not as a politician," said
Professor Trude Dotan of the Hebrew
University. "You don't dig in such a
sensitive site with bulldozers."
The controversy erupted just as
Israel was trying to persuade the
Palestinian Authority to conclude a
final peace agreement that would defer
what is perhaps the most sensitive
issue confronting them — Jerusalem
— for future negotiations.
most writers, said he is not concerned
that his having signed the newspap e r
ad may help right-wingers in their
campaign against Israel's making any
concessions regarding Jerusalem.
"Palestinians should be concerned
not to harm archaeological assets no
less then Jews," he said. "I followed
my conscience. In my view, sovereign-
ty in the Old City of Jerusalem should
be multireligious, and the Palestinians
should have their share. But one can-
not always justify the Arabs."
Not all archaeologists agree that the
digging has caused damage.
Veteran archaeologist Meir Ben-
Dov, a leading expert on digs around
the Temple Mount, downplayed the
importance of the artifacts that were
removed from the site.
Caution, Not Battle •
Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert is
firmly on the other side of the debate.
According to Olmert, a supply line of
construction material should be cut off
at the Lion's Gate, the eastern entrance
point to the Old City. This, he reasons,
would spare the need to enter the Temple
Mount itself to put an end to the work.
"No one suggests that we storm
into the Temple Mount compound
with bayonets," said Olmert, but "cau-
tious, intelligent" action should be
taken "in order for us to regain con-
trol of the Temple Mount."
For his part, Prime Minister Ehud
Barak is in a bind. When the fate of a
U.S.-hosted peace summit aimed at
reaching a final Israeli-Palestinian peace
deal is touch and go, a potential flare-
up over Jerusalem is about the last thing
he needs.
Following high-level consultations
last week, Barak gave Muslim officials
approval to continue with tiling work
Control At Issue
on the Mount, as long as no archaeo-
The ad was just the latest chapter in
logical damage is done.
the ongoing controversy over Jerusalem
The prime minister rejected a recom-
and who would exert control over its
mendation by Attorney General Elyakim
very heart — the Temple Mount.
Rubinstein and the Israel Antiquities
For the past two years, Islamic offi-
Authority
to halt or limit the work.
cials, supported by volunteers and
Meanwhile,
Sheik Najah Bakirat of
money from Israeli Arabs, have been
the
Islamic
Movement,
a leading Israeli
engaged in huge construction works
Arab
political
party,
insisted
that the
was
on the Mount. Among their goals
construction has caused no damage,
the construction of a third mosque to
adding there was "no proof" that was
join the Al-Aksa and Dome of the
the site of the Jewish Temples. "I sug-
Rock mosques already at the site.
gest that the Jews look for the Temple
Israeli officials did not interfere.
somewhere else," he said. ❑
A.B. Yehoshua, one of Israel's fore-